Smoker&#39;s kit for automobiles



Aug. 17 192s. 1,596,498

G. MACCHIAVELLO .dlbKER s KIT FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed May 18, 192:

INVENTOR GAETANO MAC CHIAVELLO RNEY ifspecial clampingbracket,

. Patented Aug. '17, 1 926.

. UNITED STATES 1,596,498 PATENT OFFICE.

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SHOKEBS KIT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed Kay 18, '1825. Serial Io. 80.892.

This invention relates to smokers kits and in particular to those of a character most suitable for attachment toan automobile instrument board or other convenient '5 place within ea'syreach of those seated withv Th1s device consists of a su1t'-' in the car. able frame constructed to house an ash receptacle, a package of cigarettes and a box of matches and is mounted 'upon a slidable plate adapted by the actuationof a small lever to be brought to position for. use at the front end of the frame, and upon release of the lever to disappear into the frame out'of sight, the forward movement open ing a spring pressed door attached to the frame and the disappearingmovement thereof closing the door, thereby closing the framed opening formed by the attachingstrap of the device and concealing the conzotents of the kit when out of use. The device is not only intended for use as a handy container for smokers articles, but also serves in a great measure,-to. lessen the danger of fires caused by the careless throwing of lighted matches and cigarettes along roadway by the occupants of automo- 1 es. I The object ofthe invention is to provide a device of the character described, which a0 is simple in construction, convenient and that may be readily mounted upon the dash or other'parts of an automobile without any changes whatever in the construction, as

' drilling-of holes. in these parts. I

Another'object is to construct a device of this character which is not only convenient for the occupants of the car, but is an arti-.

Fig. 2 is an ed e vies of the gievice with.

the parts thrust forward and the-jdo or open, as in Fig. 1, it being shown attachedin i053. fragment of 'the instrument-jboard strument board.

Fig. 3' is a front elevation of the device with the door closed and the parts in their normal ositions, as seen looking from the left of ig. 4.

Fig. 4 1s. a. transverse mid-section. taken 'on' the line 4--4 of Fig. 3, showing the device in normalposition with the door closed.

Fi 5 is a perspective detail of one of the attac ing clips. i

.Jiig. dis a sectional detail taken on the lines 43 oft Figs. 3 and 4, and is illustrative of theretaining means for frictionally holding the device 1n either open or closed position. -Fig. 7 is a modification showing the device of rectangular shape with theoperating lever reversed and adapted to be reciprocated below the casing, this. form being designed for use in laces other than the instrument board of t e vehicle.

Referring with more particularity to the drawings, the device consistsof a supporting frame, bent substantially in the form of an inverted U the upper flat face 2 thereof being adapted to snuglyfit against the underside of the flan ed portion of the instrument board, assEown in Fig. 2.

A flanged guide late 3' is-fitted between the extensions 4 an 5 of the frame, and is riveted thereto by sets. of rivets '6 and 7. This plate 3 extending at an approximate angle of 45 with respect to the frame when said frame is attached in place to the' in-' .The guide plate 3 .is provided with upturned side flanges Band 9 having punched in sections 10 and 11 adapted to form guides between which a second movable plate 12 .is slidably held. Said guide'plate 3 is centrally slotted as indicated at 13 toform a guideway for. the reception of a guide member 14 and resilient retaining member 15 rigidly riveted to the movable plate 12 by rivets 16. The operating handle 17 is a con- .tinuatiomof the guide member 14, offset as indicated at 1 8 and bent at'right angles at its upper end to form a finger rest'19.

door 20 is'hinged at its oppositeedges to the lower ends of the extensions 4 and 5 and is hingedly held in place by screws 21 and 22 extending through ears 23 and 24 7 formed at the lower edges of the side flanges of the door. This door is provided wlth narrow up r and side flanged edges 25 adapted, w on closed, to fit snugly against bolts adapted to clamp the of the carton when inserted.

the edge 26 of the supporting frame 1, and has an extension or lip 27 at its lower edge for the purpose of engaging spring tension ing means hereinafter described.

The guide plate 3 is slit as indicated at 28 and 29 and the strips between slits punched outwardly to form retaining members 30 and 31 for the reception of flat tensioning springs 32 and 33, the upper ends of which bear against the underside of the lip 27 of the door 20 to normally hold the door in closed position, as shown in F igs.3 and 4.

The plate 12 is slidable upon the guide plate 3 and is provided with a curved upper edge 34, Fig. 4, so that upon upward movement of said plate 12, through manipulation of the operating handle 17 the door 20 is pressed outwardly and swung to the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

A portion of the lower edge of the plate 12 is stamped to form a right angle section 35 and parallel spring ,guard section 36 adapted to yieldingly hold a box of matches, the punched up lip section 37 forming a spacing partition and the punched in section 38 'of the right angle section 35 forming a projector to force the match container out The remaining lower edge is stamped to form a rectangular guard 39 adapted to yieldingly retain the ash receptacle 40 in place and-to -provide a space 41 for the retention of a package ofcigarettes.

Sets of retaining elements 42 and 43 are punched in the uide plate as shown in Fig. 3, and positioned in the path of the retaining member 15, which member is provided with frame adapted for correspondin depressions 44 and 45 adapted to engage eit er of the sets of elements 42 and 43 to hold the plate and cover ineither of their extreme open or closed positions.

. The device may be attached'to the lower.

flanged edge 46 of the instrument board by a pair of clamp brackets 47 having gripplng members 48 and-49 and adjustable clamping upper face 2 of the frame tightly against the flange 46 of the said plate or instrument board.

In Fig. 7, I have shown a modified form of' casin .having the 0 crating handle 52 re verse and the dodr tting over the top edge, this form bemg preferably applicable to the a rear of the front seat or any other convenmembers,

ient part ofthe interior of the body.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim, and deslre to secure by Letters Patent:

' 1. In a device of the character described,

'a supporting-frame, a guide-plate secured to said supporting frame and bearing guideby said door engaging-member,

' a guide-slot therein, a slidable v a slidable plate mounted 'uponsaidguide-plate and adapted for'slidable movement between said guide-members, a hinged door covering the opening formed by the supporting-frame and guide-plate, said slidable plate bein provided with a door-engaging member a a ted to engage and open said door when sai outwardly, spring means mounted upon said guide-plate andadapted to normally urge said door closed, and an operating handle for said slidable plate provided with means for normally retaining said plate in position at the limit of its movement in either direction.

2. In a device of the character described, a supporting-frame, a guide-plate secured to and formlng an integral part of said supsaid supportin frame and covering the opening for V by said supportingrame and guide-plate and adapted to be engaged an operating handle secured to said slidable plate, resilient retaining means secured to said handle and adapted to limit the movement in either direction of said plate, and spring means mounted upon said vguidesplate in position to engage the lower edge of said -door-to normally urge said door to closed position.

3. Asmokers kit comprising a supportinga-ttachment to an automobiles instrument board, a guide-plate securedto said supporting-frame and having to slide upon said guide-"plate and bearing resilient article-retaining guards at its lower edge and door-engaging means atv its upper edge, an operating handle secured to said movable plate and extending through the guide-slot in said guide-plate, resilient re tainin-g means secured to said handleand adapted to limit the movement in either direction of said slidable plate, a door hinged to said supporting-frame and adapted for engagement with the upper edge of said slidab e plate, and spring means mounted upon said guide-plate in position to enga e' the lower under edge of said door and adapted to normally close said door when released by rearward movement of said slidable ate.

p In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature? eanrauo MACCHIAVELLO.

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